Lafayette High School - Legend Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Mr. Abraham ffor Lincolnl Harwich: Head ot Math Dept., College Adviser Cit's about time you knewl, Veterans' Adviser, and math teacher . . . all rolled up into one . . . originally was English teacher but when principal ot school saw how he could mix up telephone numbers, he was put in math dept .... favorite sport is hand- ball although he often interrupts classes to tell them why he should have pitched for the Cubs in the third series game instead ot Derringer . . . known as a wit by mostly all the student Cexcept those he tailedb and regards this senior class in- cluding those members that took the three and one-halt years course, as the best he has seen and hopes to see yet in Lafayette. Cl didn't hold a gun in his back eitherl . . . 'tAlways have a mind ot your own to think your problems through . . . then debate it. Wmfea By Blanche Levey Gaze at the world, its endless might, its cities great, its evening light Gaze and wonder- Look at the sea, its roaring waves, its endless shore, its watery caves Look and wonder- Watch the sky, its broad expanse, its lovely hue, its stars that dance Watch and Wonder Wonder how and wonder why From what the sea, trom where the sky Wonder how it came to be A world between a sky and sea. 28

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you like and make sure that it has some enterprise Mr. David Arbeit Attended C.C.N.Y., Columbia, N.Y.U., and Brooklyn College . . . success in Economics in his own school career together with his fondness tor children were the deciding factors in his choice ot profession . . . his ambition is to Write in the field ot economics and history . , . weakest sub- ject in high school was art and he worked hard to pass it . . . leaves this practical advice to seniors: Go into a vocation or occupation that Mrs. Grace Warshauer: factor in it . Mrs. Mary W. Wilson: Quiet and reluctant to giving interesting inter- views . . . but has a swell personality to top it ott . . . doesn't want to be important or glamorous . . . just a plain ordinary teacher . . . is known by stu- dents as a calm, soft-spoken, lady who gives good marks and is a credit to the Speech Department. Was inspired by her own male 'English teacher to become one herselt . . . liked English, physics, and P.T .... secret ambition is to be an athlete- to become a real outdoor type . . . went to Eras- mus Hall High School and enjoyed the years there better than college years at Hunter . . . con- tends that she wanted to be a teacher at a very early age . . . loves the theatre, the ballet, and good movies and music . . . likes to dance, espe- cially folk dances and devotes much time to her two children and her husband. Mr. H. Ruchhs. Mr. Ruchlis chose teaching because it appeared to be the best job at that time . . . his hobby is taking motion pictures, movies to you . . . he be- lieves the pupils ot Latayette represent a good cross-section ot people . . . pet peeve is people who are inconsiderate . . . he is looking torward to the time when the Seniors can give him advice . . . will that time ever come?!!

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.fail Wifi amf 7e4Z'czmenl Being in full possession of our senses C???D we, as former inmates of La- fayette High School, after four years of involuntary servitude, spent in ab- sorbing the wisdom prof- erred us by the Board of Education, in consuming innumerable sandwiches in the lunchroom, in serv- ing periods of detention for not providing satisfac- tory excuses, are joyous on this, the twenty-sixth day of june, nineteen hundred and forty-six, to proclaim that these, the most valuable of our possession be left to our most cherished C??'?D ones: To Dr. Oswald-We give our heartiest thanks for helping us faithfully during our stay. To Mr. Grady-We leave a brown checked suit-if we can find one. To Miss Hart-We leave our most sincere thanks for helping us . . . to leave, and a more co-operative Senior Class. To Mr. Harwich-We leave one jeep, in which to ride back and forth from the Military Advisers desk, to the College Advisers desk, to the Math Office and to his Math Classes, also one chalk resistant suit. To Miss Teijeiro-We leave an adding machine to count up to one hundred before losing her temper and the hope that all her future Spanish classes may be imported from Madrid. To 1VIr. Broido-We leave blank pages and a typewriter with which he may write his version of How to Win Friends and lnfluence People. To Miss Della Chiesa-We leave a class of millionaires. To Mr. Nczzer-We leave the Math Departments discarded string compasses. Who knows, he may find the 'lost Chord there. To Mr. Icxrnpel-We leave a pair of red flannel underwear for his bubby . To the Cafeteria Bus-Boy-We leave a pair of cymbals to replace the trays he has worn out by banging. To Mr. Iacobson-We have nothing to leave-He took all we had. To Mr. Pincus-We leave a patrol wagon with which he can 'Round up de boys. To Mr. Blumenthal-We leave a piggy bank . . . so he can pay off all the students who laugh at his corny jokes. To the Cafeteria-We leave our names engraved on the tables for posterity. 29